Fine Gael candidate Tommy Griffin has topped the poll in the 2024 Corca Dhuibhne Local Electoral Area, with 1,807 first preference votes.
He is just 159 votes shy of the quota to get elected in this three seater constituency, which has been set at 1,966.
62.49% (7,966) of the LEA's 12,578 registered voters cast their vote.
Robert Brosnan of Sinn Féin received the second highest first preferences; he received 1,429.
Cllr Michael D O.Shea of Fianna Fáil received the third most with 1,338 first preference votes.
The Green Party's Peadar Ó Fionnáin got 1,024, while Breandán Fitzgerald of Fianna Fáil is on 1,014.
Fine Gael's Seamus Cosaí Fitzgerald received 740 first preference votes.
Having receive the fewest votes the Labour Party's Mike Kennedy was eliminated.
His 508 first preference votes will now be redistributed.
There were 106 invalid or spoiled votes
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FIRST PREFERENCE VOTES
Tommy Griffin, Fine Gael - 1,807
Robert Brosnan, Sinn Féin - 1,429
Michael D O.Shea, Fianna Fáil – 1,338
Peadar Ó Fionnáin, Green Party – 1,024
Breandán Fitzgerald, Fianna Fáil – 740
Seamus Cosaí Fitzgerald, Fine Gael – 740
Mike Kennedy, Labour Party – 508 (ELIMINATED)